# 2022 LA Galaxy season

The 2022 LA Galaxy season was the club's 27th season of existence, and their 27th in Major League Soccer, the top-tier of the American soccer pyramid. LA Galaxy played its home matches at Dignity Health Sports Park in the LA suburb of Carson, California. The Galaxy attempted to make the playoffs after failing to qualify in 2021, also attempted to win their MLS leading 6th MLS Cup, and make their first appearance in the MLS Cup since 2014.

## Background

The 2021 season was the Galaxy's 26th season of existence, and their first under manager, Greg Vanney, who was appointed manager during the 2020–21 offseason following the sacking of Guillermo Barros Schelotto. Early on in the season, the Galaxy started off with an 8–4–0 record, with striker Javier Hernández leading the club in scoring with 11 goals. However, a mixture of injuries and poor form caused the club go on a skid during the summer, and ultimately, on the final day of the season, failing to qualify for the MLS Cup Playoffs for the second-consecutive season. It marked the third time in the past four seasons that the Galaxy failed to qualify for the playoffs.
Outside of MLS, the Galaxy had planned to participate in the 2021 U.S. Open Cup, which featured a modified qualification method due to COVID-19 pandemic. The method involves the eight MLS clubs with the best regular season records after three matches qualifying for the tournament. By this method, the Galaxy had the seventh best record and qualified. However, the tournament was ultimately canceled by U.S. Soccer due to logistical challenges faced by lower league clubs.

## Club
### Team management

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Greg Vanney |
| Assistant coach | Dan Calichman |
| Head Athletic Trainer | Cesar Roldan |
| Equipment manager | Raul Vargas |

### Roster

    As of August 27, 2022
| No. | Pos. | Player | Nation |
| 1 | GK | Jonathan Bond | England |
| 2 | DF | Julián Araujo | Mexico |
| 3 | DF | Derrick Williams | Republic of Ireland |
| 4 | DF | Séga Coulibaly | France |
| 5 | MF | Gastón Brugman | Uruguay |
| 6 | MF | Riqui Puig | Spain |
| 7 | MF | Víctor Vázquez | Spain |
| 8 | MF | Mark Delgado | United States |
| 9 | MF | Kévin Cabral (DP) | France |
| 10 | FW | Douglas Costa (DP) | Brazil |
| 11 | MF | Samuel Grandsir | France |
| 14 | FW | Javier Hernández (DP) | Mexico |
| 15 | DF | Eriq Zavaleta | El Salvador |
| 16 | MF | Sacha Kljestan | United States |
| 18 | DF | Kelvin Leerdam | Suriname |
| 19 | DF | Jorge Villafaña | United States |
| 20 | DF | Nick DePuy | United States |
| 21 | GK | Richard Sánchez | Mexico |
| 22 | DF | Martín Cáceres | Uruguay |
| 24 | DF | Jalen Neal (HG) | United States |
| 25 | FW | Cameron Dunbar (HG) | United States |
| 26 | MF | Efraín Álvarez (HG) | Mexico |
| 33 | GK | Jonathan Klinsmann | United States |
| 37 | MF | Daniel Aguirre | United States |
| 43 | MF | Adam Saldaña (HG) | United States |
| 44 | MF | Raheem Edwards | Canada |
| 47 | DF | Owen Lambe | United States |
| 56 | MF | Jonathan Perez (HG) | Mexico |
| 67 | MF | Carlos Harvey | Panama |
| 74 | DF | Marcus Ferkranus (HG) | United States |
| 77 | DF | Chase Gasper | United States |
| 99 | FW | Dejan Joveljić | Serbia |

## Non-competitive
### Preseason friendlies

Preseason friendlies announced on January 5, 2022. LA Galaxy later announced more preseason matches on January 18, 2022, in addition to announcing that the club will also host the Coachella Valley Invitational at Empire Polo Club in Indio, California from February 10 to 19, 2022.

#### Coachella Valley Invitational
### Midseason friendlies
## Competitive
### Major League Soccer
#### Standings
##### Overall

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 6 | New York Red Bulls | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 50 | 41 | +9 | 53 |
| 7 | FC Dallas | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 48 | 37 | +11 | 53 |
| 8 | LA Galaxy | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 58 | 51 | +7 | 50 |
| 9 | Nashville SC | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 52 | 41 | +11 | 50 |
| 10 | FC Cincinnati | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 64 | 56 | +8 | 49 |

##### Western Conference

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 2 | Austin FC | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 65 | 49 | +16 | 56 | Qualification for the first round & CONCACAF Champions League |
| 3 | FC Dallas | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 48 | 37 | +11 | 53 | Qualification for the first round |
| 4 | LA Galaxy | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 58 | 51 | +7 | 50 | Qualification for the first round |
| 5 | Nashville SC | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 52 | 41 | +11 | 50 | Qualification for the first round |
| 6 | Minnesota United FC | 34 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 48 | 51 | −3 | 48 | Qualification for the first round |

#### Regular season

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Pld | Pts | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD |
| 34 | 50 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 58 | 51 | +7 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 25 | +10 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 26 | −3 |
Last updated: September 4th, 2022 Source: MLS Results Pld = Matches played; Pts = Points; W = Matches won; T = Matches tied; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference

### Playoffs

All times are in Pacific Time Zone.

#### Conference Semifinals
### U.S. Open Cup
#### Third round

The draw for the third round was held on April 8, 2022.

#### Round of 32

The draw for the round of 32 was held on April 21, 2022.

#### Round of 16

The draw for the Round of 16 and the Quarter-final was held on May 12, 2022.

#### Quarter-final
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Numbers after plus-sign(+) denote appearances as a substitute.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | MLS | MLS | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ENG | Jonathan Bond | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | MEX | Julián Araujo | 18 | 0 | 17+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | IRL | Derrick Williams | 16 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Séga Coulibaly | 14 | 1 | 13+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | USA | Nick DePuy | 13 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | SUR | Kelvin Leerdam | 7 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | USA | Chase Gasper | 6 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | SLV | Eriq Zavaleta | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | USA | Mark Delgado | 17 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | MAD | Rayan Raveloson | 19 | 0 | 18+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Víctor Vázquez | 14 | 0 | 9+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | MEX | Efraín Álvarez | 18 | 2 | 11+7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | USA | Sacha Kljestan | 13 | 1 | 0+13 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | USA | Daniel Aguirre | 7 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | MF | MEX | Jonathan Perez | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 99 | FW | SRB | Dejan Joveljić | 17 | 8 | 4+13 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | MEX | Javier Hernández | 18 | 7 | 17+1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Douglas Costa | 14 | 2 | 9+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | FRA | Samuel Grandsir | 19 | 1 | 12+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | FRA | Kévin Cabral | 18 | 0 | 13+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | CAN | Raheem Edwards | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Last updated: June 11
* Source: Team Stats

### Top scorers

| Rank | Position | Number | Name | MLS | Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 14 | Javier Hernández | 18 | 0 | 1 | 19 |
| 2 | FW | 99 | Dejan Joveljić | 11 | 1 | 3 | 15 |
| 3 | FW | 10 | Douglas Costa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | MF | 11 | Samuel Grandsir | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | FW | 26 | Efraín Álvarez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | 5 | Gastón Brugman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | FW | 9 | Kévin Cabral | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | 6 | Riqui Puig | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | 6 | Rayan Raveloson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 8 | Mark Delgado | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | 7 | Víctor Vázquez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 37 | Daniel Aguirre | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | 2 | Julián Araujo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | 4 | Séga Coulibaly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | 44 | Raheem Edwards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | 16 | Sacha Kljestan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | 47 | Owen Lambe | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
* Last updated: September 24
* Source: Team Stats

### Top assists

| Rank | Position | Number | Name | MLS | U.S. Open Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | 44 | Raheem Edwards | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | MF | 11 | Samuel Grandsir | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | MF | 6 | Rayan Raveloson | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | FW | 99 | Dejan Joveljić | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | FW | 26 | Efraín Álvarez | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | 2 | Julián Araujo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | 3 | Derrick Williams | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | 7 | Víctor Vázquez | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | 16 | Sacha Kljestan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | 9 | Kévin Cabral | 0 | 1 | 1 |
* Last updated: June 4
* Source: Team Stats

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Number | Name | MLS | Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | Jonathan Bond | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | 33 | Jonathan Klinsmann | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
* Last updated: June 4
* Source: Team Stats

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos. | Player | MLS | MLS | MLS | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 10 | FW | Douglas Costa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
* Last updated: February 27
* Source: Team Stats

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee/notes | Date |
| DF | Kelvin Leerdam | Inter Miami CF | Sign. | January 6, 2022 |
| MF | Raheem Edwards | Los Angeles FC | Sign. | January 7, 2022 |
| GK | Richard Sánchez | North Texas SC | Sign. | January 18, 2022 |
| MF | Mark Delgado | Toronto FC | Traded for $400,000 GAM and $100,000 conditional GAM | January 21, 2022 |
| FW | Douglas Costa | Grêmio | Loan | February 10, 2022 |
| DF | Eriq Zavaleta | Toronto FC | Sign. | March 10, 2022 |
| FW | Preston Judd | LA Galaxy II | Sign. | April 4, 2022 |
| DF | Chase Gasper | Minnesota United FC | Traded for $450,000 GAM and $300,000 conditional GAM | May 4, 2022 |
| DF | Owen Lambe | LA Galaxy II | Loan | May 11, 2022 |
| MF | Gastón Brugman | Parma | Transfer | July 6, 2022 |
| MF | Riqui Puig | Barcelona | Transfer | August 4, 2022 |
| DF | Martín Cáceres | Levante | Sign. | August 24, 2022 |

### Transfers out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Date |
| DF | Niko Hämäläinen | Queens Park Rangers F.C. | Loan expired | November 8, 2021 |
| DF | Daniel Steres | Houston Dynamo FC | Trade for the 2022 MLS SuperDraft third round pick. | December 12, 2021 |
| FW | Ethan Zubak | Nashville SC | Trade for the 2022 MLS SuperDraft first round pick. | December 12, 2021 |
| MF | Sebastian Lletget | New England Revolution | $300,000 in General Allocation Money. | December 15, 2021 |
| DF | Danilo Acosta | Orange County SC | Option declined | January 7, 2022 |
| DF | Oniel Fisher | Minnesota United FC | Option declined | February 2, 2022 |
| FW | Augustine Williams | Charleston Battery | Option declined | February 9, 2022 |
| MF | Rayan Raveloson | Auxerre | Transfer | August 4, 2022 |

### Draft picks

Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in.
| Date | Player | Position | College | Pick |
| January 11, 2022 | Farai Mutatu | FW | Michigan State | 21 |
| January 11, 2022 | Callum Johnson | MF | Clemson | 42 |
| January 11, 2022 | Chandler Vaughn | DF | Saint Louis University | 60 |